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campinglady · 10-20-2006, 03:17 PM,

oh..I should say....I won't buy on ebay unless some poor unfortunate soul gives me a 99 cent deal on something I'm going to re-sell for 10X that amount on my website.

Anita · 10-20-2006, 03:26 PM,

Xpp,
You've known about eBay's unethical practices for a loooooong time. Some are just learning the truth.
As you know, it takes time for a seller to branch out by harvesting customer e-mails, getting directed to the right place to get the info they need, etc.
PS
I'm not bashing you.

thentavius · 10-20-2006, 04:32 PM,

Quote:oh..I should say....I won't buy on ebay unless some poor unfortunate soul gives me a 99 cent deal on something I'm going to re-sell for 10X that amount on my website.

And we can thank eBay for making it that way!

I got an eBay "Business Catalog" from them yesterday, in which they display common office equipment & computers with an "average sale price."

The back cover touted how one buyer had bought "$700,000 worth of office equipment on eBay for only $50,000!"

As a buyer--I'm sure he's happy. As sellers of business equipment, I'm sure they all love being in a flea market race to the bottom.

If I want pennies for my products, I may as well donate them to charity.

I have not purchased anything off of eBay since early September. By now, I would have usually spent several hundred dollars (at least). I bought a lot of things off of there--but now I go looking for a website first in EVERY case. I used to do a lot of business supply, resale, and personal shopping on eBay.

I've decided that even if I can't find "it" somewhere else, I'm not going to eBay to get "it."

Anita · 10-21-2006, 01:47 PM,

"If I want pennies for my products, I may as well donate them to charity."

Donate them without going through eBay. eBay and Mission Fish have quite the racket going there also.